Moving Voices: Black Performance PoetryHansib, 2002 - 231 pages A comprehensive collection of poems by twelve,leading Caribbean and UK-born performance poetsthis book not only features biographies of each,poet and a detailed introduction discussing Black,performance poetry and its roots in the oral,traditions of African and Caribbean culture, but,also an accompanying CD with live performances,of selected poems. Check out the website,www.movingvoices.co.uk. |
From inside the book
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Page 22
... slavery campaigner , records : " It is almost an unpardonable offence to teach slaves to read in this Christian country . " In his autobiography , published in 1845 , he tells how , while still a slave , he learnt to read from little ...
... slavery campaigner , records : " It is almost an unpardonable offence to teach slaves to read in this Christian country . " In his autobiography , published in 1845 , he tells how , while still a slave , he learnt to read from little ...
Page 27
... slaves and former slaves became famous for their oratory , including Nat Turner , who led a slave revolt in Virginia and Denmark Vesey in South Carolina , Frederick Douglass , the greatest African American campaigner against slavery ...
... slaves and former slaves became famous for their oratory , including Nat Turner , who led a slave revolt in Virginia and Denmark Vesey in South Carolina , Frederick Douglass , the greatest African American campaigner against slavery ...
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... slave masters realised that their slaves worked harder when they sang and that there was usually a lead singer who set the pace . When slaves were auctioned , singers with the strongest voices fetched the highest prices . Floyd goes on ...
... slave masters realised that their slaves worked harder when they sang and that there was usually a lead singer who set the pace . When slaves were auctioned , singers with the strongest voices fetched the highest prices . Floyd goes on ...
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